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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 05:08:40 +0700
From: DDN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: AMERICAN troops cut out the tongues of Taliban prisoners and
poured acid over their heads
'AMERICA TORTURED TALIBAN'
Sunday Mirror report
Saturday 22nd June 2002
AMERICAN troops cut out the tongues of Taliban prisoners and poured acid over their
heads before ordering their deaths, a TV documentary claims.
The film Massacre At Mazar claims that the soldiers orchestrated the mass slaughter of
al-Qaeda fighters during an uprising at the prison following the bloodiest battle of
the Afghan war, at Mazar-e-Sharif.
One Northern Alliance soldier says in the film: "The Americans did whatever they
wanted. We had no power to stop them.
"I was a witness when an American soldier broke one prisoner's neck and poured
acid-like substances on others."
Another witness claims four prisoners were beaten unconscious by US soldiers, then
disappeared.
He says: "They cut their hair and poured acid or something on to them. They were
screaming and jumping up and down. They had a black stick and beat them."
The US and Northern Alliance have always denied claims of a massacre at the
Qala-i-Janghi fortress in Mazar-e-Sharif.
The evidence of new atrocities comes after the Sunday Mirror published pictures of the
horrific treatment of Taliban fighters held at another camp, Shibarghan - dubbed the
Afghan Auschwitz.
The film, made by British producer Jamie Doran, and shown to the German parliament
last week, also tells how 8,000 Taliban prisoners were rounded up and transported in
metal containers to Shirbaghan.
A driver of one of the trucks says many prisoners died of thirst in the stifling
containers.
Another witness admits to accidental fatalities when he shot holes in the side of
containers to allow prisoners to breath.
He says: "They were crying for air. I hit the side with bullets to create air - and
some were killed."
And two men claim they were forced to drive hundreds of Taliban into the desert where
they were shot while up to 40 US soldiers looked on.
The film is based on testimonies from six witnesses, including a senior army officer.
All have agreed to give evidence at any future war crimes tribunal.
Last night human rights lawyer Andrew McEntee, former chairman of Amnesty
International UK, called for the allegations to be investigated.
He said: "These alleged crimes would carry a life imprisonment in many countries."
A US Army spokesman said later: "We have been asked about allegations that Taliban
prisoners were executed while US special forces soldiers stood by and watched. We
checked and didn't have anything to substantiate those allegations."
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/
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